Sutra 30

Devanagari script

ततः सत्त्रिणः परेषु ग्राहयेयुः एतदरिप्रदत्तमिति ॥ कZ_०९.६.३० ॥

Transliteration

tataḥ sattriṇaḥ pareṣu grāhayeyuḥ etad ari-pradattam iti

Translation

Then the agents should cause others to accept/believe: “This was given by the enemy.”

Word by Word

• ततः: then; thereafter; from that point
• Type: Pronoun/Adverb
• Root: तद्
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (ablatival adverb)

• सत्त्रिणः: the sattrins (operatives/infiltrators)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्त्रिन्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा बहुवचन (कर्तृ)

• परेषु: among the others / among the enemy
• Type: Noun/Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: पर
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी बहुवचन

• ग्राहयेयुः: should cause (them) to accept / should make (them) take
• Type: Verb (Causative)
• Root: ग्रह्
• Form: णिच्-प्रत्यय (causative) ‘ग्राहय-’; विधिलिङ् (optative); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष; बहुवचन

• एतत्: this
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (contextually object of ‘(iti)’ statement)

• अरि-प्रदत्तम्: given by the enemy
• Type: Participle (Verbal adjective)
• Root: प्र-दा
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त ‘प्रदत्त’; समास: अरिणा प्रदत्तम् = अरिप्रदत्तम्

• इति: thus; (saying) ‘…’
• Type: Particle/Quotative
• Root: इति
• Form: अव्यय; वाक्य-समाप्ति/उद्धरण-चिह्न

Entities Mentioned

• sattriṇaḥ (agents)
• ari (enemy)
• pare (third parties/public)

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FAQs

What is achieved by labeling goods ‘enemy-given’?

It delegitimizes the recipient, triggers social/legal sanctions, disrupts commerce, and isolates networks by making association costly.